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121
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72646
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3550
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188

Peter Schirmacher publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Schirmacher sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,118 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Peter Schirmacher D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Schirmacher sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 121 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Schirmacher is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields centered on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus on oncology and cancer research. The scientist has published extensively in these areas, accumulating a strong academic portfolio.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of particular interest include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery

Main research topics addressed by Peter Schirmacher feature:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including the following papers:

  • "NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC," 2021, Nature
  • "Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Updated treatment recommendations for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from the ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines," 2021, Annals of Oncology
  • "Comprehensive Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis for Guiding Therapeutic Decisions in Patients with Rare Cancers," 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • "Molecular characterisation of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis," 2021, Journal of Hepatology

Frequent collaborators in research projects include:

  • Albrecht Stenzinger
  • Daniel Kazdal
  • Jan Budczies
  • Benjamin Goeppert
  • Kai Breuhahn

Peter Schirmacher's work has been published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • Die Pathologie

Best Publications

  • EASL-EORTC clinical practice guidelines : management of hepatocellular carcinoma

    Peter R. Galle;Alejandro Forner;Josep M. Llovet;Vincenzo Mazzaferro

  • The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system.

    Iris D Nagtegaal;Robert D Odze;David Klimstra;Valerie Paradis

  • Senescence surveillance of pre-malignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development

    Tae-Won Kang;Tetyana Yevsa;Norman Woller;Lisa Hoenicke

  • NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC

    Dominik Pfister;Dominik Pfister;Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez;Roser Pinyol;Olivier Govaere

  • The Novel Histologic International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification System of Lung Adenocarcinoma Is a Stage-Independent Predictor of Survival

    Arne Warth;Thomas Muley;Michael Meister;Albrecht Stenzinger

  • Most pancreatic cancer resections are R1 resections.

    Irene Esposito;Irene Esposito;Jörg Kleeff;Jörg Kleeff;Frank Bergmann;Caroline Reiser;Caroline Reiser

  • Histopathological regression after neoadjuvant docetaxel, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin versus epirubicin, cisplatin, and fluorouracil or capecitabine in patients with resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4-AIO): results from the phase 2 part of a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 2/3 trial.

    Salah-Eddin Al-Batran;Ralf D Hofheinz;Claudia Pauligk;Hans-Georg Kopp

  • Peginterferon alpha-2b plus adefovir induce strong cccDNA decline and HBsAg reduction in patients with chronic hepatitis B

    Karsten Wursthorn;Marc Lutgehetmann;Maura Dandri;Tassilo Volz

  • MicroRNA gene expression profile of hepatitis C virus–associated hepatocellular carcinoma

    Heike Varnholt;Uta Drebber;Falko Schulze;Inga Wedemeyer

  • Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment

    Simon Reiss;Ilka Rebhan;Perdita Backes;Ines Romero-Brey

  • Primary malignant hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a comprehensive review of the literature with emphasis on the surgical therapy.

    Arianeb Mehrabi;Arash Kashfi;Hamidreza Fonouni;Peter Schemmer

  • Cdkn1a deletion improves stem cell function and lifespan of mice with dysfunctional telomeres without accelerating cancer formation

    Aaheli Roy Choudhury;Zhenyu Ju;Meta W. Djojosubroto;Andrea Schienke

  • An Oncogenomics-Based In Vivo RNAi Screen Identifies Tumor Suppressors in Liver Cancer

    Lars Zender;Wen Xue;Johannes Zuber;Camile P. Semighini

  • Localization and Density of Immune Cells in the Invasive Margin of Human Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Are Prognostic for Response to Chemotherapy

    Niels Halama;Sara Michel;Matthias Kloor;Inka Zoernig

  • Dysregulation of growth factor signaling in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

    K Breuhahn;T Longerich;P Schirmacher

  • Loss of the abundant nuclear non-coding RNA MALAT1 is compatible with life and development.

    Moritz Eißmann;Tony Gutschner;Monika Hämmerle;Stefan Günther

  • Harmonized PD-L1 immunohistochemistry for pulmonary squamous-cell and adenocarcinomas

    Andreas H Scheel;Manfred Dietel;Lukas C Heukamp;Korinna Jöhrens

  • Consensus for EGFR Mutation Testing in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Results from a European Workshop

    Robert Pirker;Felix J F Herth;Keith M. Kerr;Martin Filipits

  • Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: The New R-status Counts.

    Oliver Strobel;Thomas Hank;Ulf Hinz;Frank Bergmann

  • Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling

    Christian Koelsche;Christian Koelsche;Daniel Schrimpf;Daniel Schrimpf;Damian Stichel;Martin Sill

Frequent Co-Authors

Albrecht Stenzinger
Albrecht Stenzinger Heidelberg University
Roland Penzel
Roland Penzel University Hospital Heidelberg
Wilko Weichert
Wilko Weichert Technical University of Munich
Manfred Dietel
Manfred Dietel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas Heidelberg University
Norbert Gretz
Norbert Gretz Heidelberg University
Wolfgang Stremmel
Wolfgang Stremmel Heidelberg University
Matthias Kloor
Matthias Kloor University Hospital Heidelberg
Hanno Glimm
Hanno Glimm TU Dresden
Reinhard Büttner
Reinhard Büttner University Hospital Cologne

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